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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #225 on: May 03, 2012, 10:44:53 AM »
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #226 on: May 03, 2012, 11:15:33 AM »
Better eyes than mine to see that level of detail :)

I can barely contain myself....
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #227 on: Dec 21, 2012, 08:30:13 AM »
Less than three weeks!

Tor has been e-mailing quotes from AMoL to people on a mailing list.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/announcing-memories-of-light-daily-previews-of-a-memory-of-light

They don't really give anything away, but are still kind of spoilery. Especially a couple. I added double-layer protection for those.

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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #228 on: Dec 21, 2012, 08:35:15 AM »
The Audible credit I will use to get this book is already in my account.  I can barely believe it.
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #229 on: Dec 21, 2012, 06:28:36 PM »
The Audible credit I will use to get this book is already in my account.  I can barely believe it.
I've already pre-ordered. ;D

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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #230 on: Dec 27, 2012, 09:24:31 PM »
So when will they make an HBO drama series?

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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #231 on: Dec 27, 2012, 09:30:57 PM »
After Knife of Dreams I just haven't been able to read this series any more. Someone please tell me it has gotten better, and is now readable and possibly concluding.
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #232 on: Dec 27, 2012, 09:36:06 PM »
possibly concluding

A Memory of Light is the finale of the series. The 3 Sanderson books were always intended as a wrap up of the series to finalise what Jordan had intended, not just a continuation.
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #233 on: Dec 27, 2012, 10:07:16 PM »
But are they also a rambling incoherent mess of a plot?
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #234 on: Dec 28, 2012, 12:13:13 AM »
lf you had problems with it before, nothing has changed to make it any different. I'd imagine you'd like it about the same amoujt as before.
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #235 on: Dec 28, 2012, 11:21:30 AM »
I couldn't disagree more. The Sanderson books present a completely different and much (MUCH) higher level of pacing and action. It's almost too much. But they are still an immense improvement over the latter Jordan books.

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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #236 on: Dec 28, 2012, 01:20:56 PM »
Well that is good news!  I loved the first 4 books. I enjoyed the next three, and tolerated the next two. 10 & 11 - but especially Knife of Dreams, just pissed me off
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Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle


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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #237 on: Jan 04, 2013, 12:49:37 PM »
Pre-ordered the audiobook, and fired up Towers of Midnight for a warmup listen.  Starting to get giddy...
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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #238 on: Jan 04, 2013, 02:56:09 PM »
Pre-ordered the audiobook, and fired up Towers of Midnight for a warmup listen.  Starting to get giddy...
Four more days, four more days! I was trying to read as much of the series before the new one came out, but I'm only a couple of chapters into the first one. :fu:

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Re: Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (1990 - 2009)
« Reply #239 on: Jan 04, 2013, 03:07:16 PM »
300+ hours of audio goodness for a mere 14 credits.  :)
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